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Antonyms for irrevocable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-rev-uh-kuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛv ə kə bəl



Definition of irrevocable

Origin :
  • also irrevokable, late 14c., from Latin irrevocabilis "that cannot be recalled, unalterable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + revocabilis (see revoke). Related: Irrevocably.
  • adj fixed, unchangeable
Example sentences :
  • Her eyes burned with the horror of witnessing some irrevocable deed.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Poor Harry, poor Harry, why are physical calamities so awful and so irrevocable?
  • Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
  • He could not bear to view reflected in them, the reproachful and irrevocable Past.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • It is his turn to take revenge with the irrevocable checkmate.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • Our separation would then be irrevocable and eternal in this world.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • Already he had taken the irrevocable course, he had made the irrevocable step.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Just why he could not say, but he felt that that decision was irrevocable.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • The chain that ties us is just as irrevocable, whatever we choose to call ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • The commission was not irrevocable; and its authority might be disputed.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • She must have the morning repast prepared at an irrevocable hour.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage

Synonyms for irrevocable

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